Specialty	Neurological Surgery
Clinical Interests	Brain Tumors
	Spinal Tumors
	Acoustic Neuroma
	Head Trauma
	Herniated Disks
	Meningioma
	Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
	Minimally-Invasive Brain Surgery
	Skull Base Tumors
	Spinal Trauma
Languages	English
	Chinese (Shanghai)
	Taiwanese
	Portuguese
	Chinese (Mandarin)
	Spanish
Gender	Male
E-mail	chun.chen@mountsinai.org
Education and Training	MD, Universidade De Sao Paulo
	Residency, Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai Hospital
	Internship, Surgery (Gen), Mount Sinai Hospital
	Fellowship, Skull Base Surgery, St. Lukes Roosevelt Hosptial
Awards	2008 New York Best Doctors Castle Connolly
	1994 Poster presentation, Microsurgical anatomy of cavernous sinus and orbital apex Annual North America and German Skull Base Meeting

Chun Siang Chen, M.D., began his association with Mount Sinai in 1992 as an Assistant Research Professor in the Micro-dissection Laboratory of the Department of Neurosurgery. He came as an experienced neurosurgeon who had earned both an M.D. and a Masters degree in Neurosurgery and had held an academic position as Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at a major teaching hospital in Brazil. A sought-after speaker, Dr. Chen began lecturing in 1993 and continues to share his expertise on Skull Base as an invited lecturer on microsurgical anatomy and approaches at review courses, Congress meetings and universities in Japan, China, Taiwan, India, Pakistan, Brazil, Argentina, Germany, Italy, Denmark and the US. He is the co-author of the classical book about skull base surgery, Microsurgical Anatomy of the Skull Base and Surgical Approaches to the Cavernous Sinus, (Thieme Medical Publishers, 1996); a second book, Foramen Magnum Microsurgical Anatomy and Surgical Approaches, is scheduled for release in 2009. Both books are heavily based on Dr.Chen's extensive skull base research and innovative 3-D photography. To obtain American licensure in Neurosurgery, Dr. Chen completed an additional neurosurgery residency at The Mount Sinai Hospital (1999-2005). He then did a cranial-base surgery fellowship at St. Luke's/Roosevelt Hospital with Dr. Chandranath Sen until June 2006. Dr. Chen is concentrating his clinical practice in General Brain and Spine Neurosurgery and Skull Base Surgery.

Education and Training	MD, Universidade De Sao Paulo
	Residency, Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai Hospital
	Internship, Surgery (Gen), Mount Sinai Hospital
	Fellowship, Skull Base Surgery, St. Lukes Roosevelt Hosptial

Specialty	Neurological Surgery
Clinical Interests	Brain Tumors
	Spinal Tumors
	Acoustic Neuroma
	Head Trauma
	Herniated Disks
	Meningioma
	Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
	Minimally-Invasive Brain Surgery
	Skull Base Tumors
	Spinal Trauma
Languages	English
	Chinese (Shanghai)
	Taiwanese
	Portuguese
	Chinese (Mandarin)
	Spanish

Dr. Chen is the Director of the Microsurgical Dissection Laboratory. His current interest is skull base surgical anatomy and approaches, with special attention to the minimally invasive endoscopical approaches.

Chen CS. Microsurgical Anatomy of the Cavernous Sinus. Brazil, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Publications; 1992.

Chen CS. The anatomical basis for surgical approaches to the craniovertebral junction. In: Nakagawa E, editor. Surgical Anatomy for Microneurosurgery VII. Japan, SciMed Publications; 1995. pp39-53.

Sen C, Chen CS, Post KD. Skull Base Microsurgical Anatomy and Surgical Approaches to the Cavernous Sinus. Thieme Medical Publishers Inc; 1996.

Chen CS. Preauricular transpetrosal approaches to the clivus, odontoid process, and cervical spine. In: Mizuno J, editor. Surgical Anatomy for Microneurosurgery XVI. Japan, SciMed Publications; 2004. pp55-69.